Open source ties content management with BPM

13.11.2006
Feature requests from users has seen a small open source content management system for intranets evolve into a modular business process management tool which its makers claim is unique among enterprise software.

Melbourne, Australia-based Internet Vision Technologies (IVT) will release version 4 of SiteBuilder next month, which is built with the open source Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) stack.

IVT managing director Jonathan Oxer said SiteBuilder's success in the intranet space is due to its ability to tie in content management and BPM.

"A good example of that is with compensation claims management company Elumina," Oxer said. "This business provides case management which is a complex process. It acts on behalf of large companies to make sure payments are being made and necessary records are being kept."

Because of varying legislation, Oxer said the process is complex requiring IVT to create a Web-based case management system with SiteBuilder to allow staff to use the intranet as a work-flow system.

Oxer said SiteBuilder began as a CMS for public-facing Web sites, but as administration tools were developed, customers became more interested in the back end than the front end.